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Telegram-herald., 1887-01-18
NEW YORK senator
The Republicans Have No.
Agreed on 8 Man.
DEMOCRATS NOMINATE S. NJ WEED
Ine Republicans Take Two eaiiofs-
Miller Lesds W,th -. Merton
Second Adjourned Sn-
.thUstasn Over COnk-
iings Name.

AtsANa. =. T.. lan. 1.-THE Republican
Senatorial Caucus met ia tae ASSEMBLY
Chamber tonight Te,.ers we're elected e
ta..ow- McLar,Ay. Henry ard McAtos
| -e4ai9r Pitts VsN elected Chairman. rf
| AiaswOfth moved that .he otucls proosel
| % lhe election ~ "a nominee ffr Senator
/ anl that each fnau ar.se and indicate lis
preference As called on tie roll the cAnll
! d@fe receiving majority Of tie eau.
| cas- votes 10 De declared the nom
inee. preliminary roll call showed
three aoseuteos Nessrs Eidredse
| " Aose- and Bfa Mr. Irxln moved d. an
amendment lnst the person receiving a ma
Jouty OF the votes of al ,he Republican
members elected tO the Legislators, boz tae
candidate FOR Senator. Nrssrs. Sloan
5@ker, Kellogg. Curtis. Evans. Knapp
ltaiues and others opposed the u aneuG.leut
while Mcssrs Erwin. krIse a.sett aud
Others defended the same. 70, champions
argued that the people deserved The election
OI senator who was the en- nJic- of the Rep
rreseniauves elected. whiie is opponents
designated the abseriees as ia-es-is and She
amendment a. pIeu9siero4s and unknown
10 legislative precedent.
speech senator Eanes alluded in
minor wsy 10 the C0ukiiur contest az the
mention Of he name OF the Oneida Chief,
the assembly rang with applause which
was protraclei for several minutes A.
this Outbur5t there X.ie Significant aiaucas
eot hurrcd exchanges OF ueighb0riy wOsds
Nominations being declared IN order
Sensior fssseft presented the name OF Lew
=. Morton The name was greeted with
full measure of anp,alse.
As emblyman Saxton seconded the nom.-
nation.
Senator smith, put in nomination Hon
Warner Miller, and alluded to his com
.Nat.1
followed IN Behalf % Hon. Frank Hiscock
Tie FIRST ballot resulted: Miller A, Nor
ton 80 Hiscock -
When Speaker Hustled voted for Miller
the applause was Geaiening.
The thsirnan ordered a second ballot 10
revealed only one CHANGE
Mr.. Erwin moved 10 adjourn until
O'Clock Tuesday morning
Mr.. Hustet demanded The ayes and nays
The HiscOck-M0rton men combined and
succeeded in getting an adjournment, As
Al lO.45 p. m. the caucus adjourned.
Smith ". Weed the Democratic Choice.
AIBANT. \. y, Jan. Senator Plunkett
called the Democratic caucus to order to-
night Senator Murphy was chosen perma-
nen. chairman and Mr. Cutter, of Schenec-
tsdv, secretary. Senator Pierce nominated
smith n. Wed, Of Pattsb.rc. Sen
atOr DAILY nominated Edward Coop.
er Of New Ork Assembly
man Conover nominated Andrew II. Green
ana Senator Ne-sOn nominated ID. Willis
James.
Weed received 4. Cooper B. snd Green.
Waldo. Hutchius. James and Daniel Lock
wood received one vote each Nj Weeds
nomination was made unanimous and the
caucus adjourned
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07
THE AGEOF CHARMING WON
EN-.
Milwaukee Sentinel.

From being passee at twenty to
being charming at thirty tells in il
self the whole tale of woman's growth
in the past century. That peculiar
combination of angel and idiot
which was the ideal woman was un-
thinkablc except IN the teens. Id
iocy can not be angelic after the
first score of years. The rose-bul
is delightful, aud everybody loves il
but there is not n woman left who
would care to be always eighteen.
Up to thirty-fve woman is not at
all abashcd at owning her age
She knows she has but gained j
charms; she knows that the man
who fought shy Of asking her out B,
dinner during her first season. 49,
who was mute and bored during tII :
whole time that he sat by her sidf,
will seek her out in company now.
and will recognize her added cxper
fence and maturity By giving her
credit for common sense in the tall,
that he begins with her. She knows
that where her crudeness used -
drive OFF people worth Knowing sii'
can, at her will, call them about he
now. Frau Won Sticn was past thir-
ty when she carried off Goeth cap.
tive after he had weathered the dan
gers of the younger LillIs, Chariot
tes and the rest. And in New York
or any OF the country's great centers
to-day it is not the younger womaa
whose position in the only society
that is worth the name is the bap
piest or best established. TIM
woman who marries now is twenty
five, when she used 10 be fifteen.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07
WHERE vIOLINs ARE MADE.
The Sole Interest of Saxon Towns
Thrifty People.

Those who fiddle and those VIII"
love to listen to the fiddlcrs will read
with interest the following from thc
Pittsburg Dispatch
1t is truly astonishing how many
violins there are imported into this
country annually, especially if w'a
consider that there is really but ona
place in the world where violins aro
made extensively. That place is
Markneukirchen, with its surround
ing villages, Klingenthal, Fleissens
Rohrback and Graslitz, in Saxony.
|. Germany. There are altogether
about 5000 people living there who
do nothing else day after day bur
make violins, and to go there and
watch them is one of the most inter
esting sights / ever enjoyed in my
life. The inhabitants, from the lit
tie urchin to the old gray-headct
man, the small girl and the oil
grandmother, all are engaged in
making some parts of fiddle.
A good one consists of sixty-two
different pieces. They are cut
planed, smoothed and measured, ev
erything being accurate and precise
with the model. The older men
make the flnger-board from ebony
and. the string holder or the screws
The small boys have to make them
selves useful by looking after the
glue-pot on the fire and bringing
their elders things as they want
them. A man with strong, steady
hands and clear eye puts the diff
ferent pieces together, and this is
the most difficult task of all. Most
violins are made of maple-wood that
grows in that part of the country or
over the frontier in Bohemia. Tho
women generally occupy themselves
as polishcrs. This requires long
practice, and family that has q
daughter who is good polisher is
considered fortunate. Even young
man, when he goes wooing, inquir-
es whether the young girl is good
polisher, and if she is it certainly
will increase his affection for her al
least twofold. The polishing takes
a good. deal of time, some of the best
violins being twenty and thirty times
polished. Every family has its pc
culiar style of polishing, and they
never vary from that. There is ona
that makes nothing but deep wine
color, another citron color, yet an
other orange color, and so on.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07
THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE
OF QUEEN VICTORIA.
London Letter.

None of the published pictures OF
the Queen give a correct idea of her,
she is so much shorter than her pho
tographs represent her. The pic
lures are productions of a photo
graphic trick. In all full-length pho
rographic portraits of the queen she
is posed standing on raised plat
form. The train of her dress is then
brought around in front so as to
conceal the steps on which she is
standing, and by this means she is
made to appear fully four inches
taller than she is. She does not
look to be over five feet two inches
in height. The effect of even this
height is lessened by her stoutness.
She is very stout, and when she
stood up the other afternoon 10 re-
ceive ''Red Shirt" at the Wild West
entertainment, she was anything but
an imposing-looking figure. l had
a good opportunity then for fifteen
or twenty minutes of seeing the
chief ruler of England. There was
no visitor to the Wild West show
this year who was more plainly
dressed than the Queen. She rigid
ly adheres to black cashmere dresses
and plain cloth capes, except upon
State occasions. 1t is said that she
wears the soft cloths on account Of
her stoutncss. Although she is so
stout, she does not look at all apo
plectic. Her flesh looks as hard as
iron. Indeed there is something
very stolid and wooden-like in her
figure and face. The photographs,
ofcourse, fstter her'greatly. | have
not seen photograph of her in
London which shows u wrinkle in
her face. She has bat few lines in
her face, but these are very pro
nounced. She is very full under the
eyes. She has the 'pop-eyes' of q
voluble talker. This fullncss under
the eyes is criss-crossed with wrin-
kles. Her eyes are very large. On
each side of her nose are two marked
lines. There is not q wrinkle in
her forehead, and only faint line
at the corner Of each of her eyes.
Her face shows no sign of care, an
noyance and anxiety. 1t is a very
cold face. and has but little expires
sion when she smiles. Her smile is
mechanical and is generally accom-
panied by q little nodding of the
head. This is habit which the
Prince of Wales also has. Whenever
he smiles at o friend, the smile is
generally followed by q series of
jerking mods of approval.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07
GREAT CITIES.
The Epoch.


Cities with 100000 inhabitants
and upward have never been plenti-
full in any age Of the world, and their
number is very limited now. There
are four such cities in Europe, three
or four in Asia, and but one on this
continent. The doubt in regard to
the number in Asia arises from the
fact that it is difficult to determine
whether the claim of Nankirg to
100000 inhabitants is correct or
not. Assuming it, however, to be
just, the rank of the very great cit
les of the world, based on the census
Of 1880 and 1881, would stand as
follows: London, 4,676,661; Paris,
2,269,023; Canton, 100000; New
York, I,206,59 Toxic, 1,l40,5S6;
Berlin, l,l22,360; Vienna, 1,103,-
S57; Peking, 100000; Nanking,
100000. The round numbers
given as representing the population
of the three Chinese cities named
have very suspicious look, and
perhaps they ought to be thrown
out of the account entirely. Ger
tainly, Chinese or japanese esti-
mates or partial enumerations are
not to be placed beside Il properly
taken census. A singular illustra-
tion of the folly of estimates was
furnished by the case Of Toxic,
which was once believed to be the
most populous city in the world,
and to have 100000 inhabitants.
When a census came to be taken the
population of the city was found to
be as stated above, and this number
includes the suburbs. The popula-
tion of the city proper was but S11,-
$40. In the figures given for Vien-
na, the suburbs are also included.
As London is not a city, in the
proper sense of the term, but an ag-
gregation of municipalities, the pop
ulation given is that of the metro
politan and city police districts
which cover very large area, about
26 square miles. A similar area
about New York would take in all
Kings County, half of Queens, West
chester and Richmond counties, as
we'll as Jersey City, Newark, and
numerous small towns liz New Jer-
sey, with an aggregate population
at the last census Of at least $3.50,
600, and, of course, a much larger
population now.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07
MOCrnerS,
Masonic Brethren,
Citizens.

When the Procession had arrived
at the bottom of the elevated lawn,
on the banks Of the Potomac, where
the family vault is placed, the cal
vary halted, the infantry marched
toward the Mount and formed their
lines the Clergy. the Masonic
Brethren, and the Citizens descended
to the Vault, and the funeral ser
vice of the Church was performed.
The 9ring Was repeated from the
vessel in the river, and the sounds
echoed from the woods and hills
around.
Three general discharges by the
infanty-the cavalry, and IL pieces
of artillery,which lined the banks of
the Potomac back of the Vault, paid
the last tribute to the entombed
Commander in Chief of the armies
of the United States and to the de-
parted Hero.
The sun was now setting. Alas. /.
the son OF GLORY was set forever.
No-the name Of WASHINGTON
the American President and Gen
cral-will triumph over DEATH
The unclouded brightness of his
Glory will illuminate the future
ages!
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07
CALIFORNIA WINE EXPORTED
San Francisco Call.

We are now in position to do a
little figuring on the exports of Cal
ifornia wine to the East and to for
eign ports. In June we shipped by
sea 42,796 gallons and 396 cases OF
wine invoiced at $25,20 and by
overland railroad 1S5,65O gallons,
say, roughly, in all 100000 gallons.
| During the six months ended on
June 80 we shipped by sea SSS,ls9
gallons and 1886 cases, and by over
land railroad, including shipments
from the interior, 2,574,950 gallons.
making total shipment for the
half year of 1868, ,l49 gallons, worth
something like 81, 100000. The in
crease over the corresponding period
of last year is nearly half million
gallons, say 16 per cent,-which is
doing very well for single year. 1t
is difficult to reconcile the estimates
of the trade. I: is reckoned that
the crop of 1886 was something like
100000 gallons. The home con-
sumption is set down at 5000, 1000.
This would leave 100000 surplus
for export. But our exports are
only 1868, 900 for six months. This
would leave 9,337,0OO gallons yet to
90 forward. 1t must be inferred
either that the crop was smaller
than the generally received estimate,
or that home consumption is larger
than is supposed, or that very
large quantity-over and above the
amount that has been or is being
converted into brandy-is ripening
in wine cellars here. The main
trouble With our wine interest is
that growers get too little money for
their product. Sixteen cents a gal
lon is an absurd price for such wine
as Napa and Sonoma produce. 1t is
less than the average sum realized
by the growers Of the poorest wine
in France. The cause Of the low
figures ruling here is the extremely
limited market in which our wine.
growers are compelled to sell. I'm
til quite lately wine-growers have
neither had capital nor cellarage to
hold their wine till it rIpens. They
have been forced to sell at once, and
the only buyers have been half a
dozen wine houses here, which seem
agreed upon the number ofcents they
will graciously let the grower have,
and never bid against one another.
This evil is being gradually cured
by the extension of cellarage and
the growth Of wealth among the
wine men. Probably the two lar
gest wine cellars in the world are
now being completed in Napa coun-
ty and at Vina, in Butte county.
Money is becoming more. plentiful
among the large growers. Thus, in
coure of time, the latter will cmanci-
pate themselves from the control Of
local dealers, and obtain few their
crop something near it's real value.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07
WHAT LOCOMOTIVE Wits
TIES MEAN.
Racine [ Wis. J Journal.


One long blast Of the whistle is a
signal for approaching station, rail
road crossings and functions. One
short blast of the whistle is signal
to apply the brakes-stop. Two
long blasts of the whistle are sig
nal to throw off the brakes. Two
short blasts of the whistle are an
answer to the conductors signal to
stop at the next station. Three
long blasts Of the whistle are sig
nal that the train has parted. Three
short blasts Of the whistle when the
train is standing are Il signal that
the train will back
Three short blasts of the whistle
when the train is running are sig
nal to be given by passenger trains,
when displaying signals for follow
ing train, to call the attention OF
trains they meet or pass to the sig
nal. Four long blasts Of the whistle
are signal to call in the flagman
Four short blasts of the whistle are
the engineman's call for signals from
switchmen, watchmen and trainmen.
Two long, followed by two short
blasts of the whistle are signal fol
approaching road crossings at grade
Five short blasts Of the whistle are
a signal to the fiagman to go back
and protect the rear of the train. A
succession of short blasts Of the
whistle is an alarm for persons ol
cattle on tue track, and calls the at
tention Of trainmen to danger
ahead.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07
A RELIC OF THE PAST.
Roanoke { Va, J Times.

A gentleman who attended the
Constitutional Centennial at Philadel-
phia, has presented the Times office
with an exact copy of the Ulster
County Gazette, published at King
ston, Pa, on Saturday, January g.
1900. 1t is four page paper,
twelve by sixteen inches, and the
second and third pages have turned
rules out of respect for the memory
of General George Washington,
whose burial is thus described:
WASHINGTON ENTOMBED.
George Torn, Dec. 80.
On Wednesday last, the mortal
part of WASHINGTON the Great
the Father ofhis Country and the
Friend of man, was consigned to the
tomb, b,with solemn honours and funer-
al pomp.
A multitude of persons assembled,
from many miles round, at Mount
Vernon, the choice abode and last
residence of the illustrious chief.
There were the groves-the spacious
avenues, the beautiful and sublime
scenes, the noble mansion-but,
alas the august inhabitant coS no
more. His mortal part was there
indeed; but ah! how affecting. how
awful the spectacle Of such worth
and greatness, thus to mortal eyes,
fallen Yes. fallen! fallen.
In the long and lofty Portico,
where oft the Hero walked in all his
glory, noe lay the shrouded corpse.
The countenance still composed and
serene, seemed to depress the digni-
tv of the spirit, which lately dwelt
in that lifeless form. There those
who paid the last sad honours to
the benefactor of his country, took
an impressive farewell view.
On the ornament, at the head Of
the coffin, was inscribed SURGE AID
JUDICIUM-about the middle of the
coffin, GLORIA DEo-and on the sill
yer plate,
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07


pose I? To put on-one behind, the
other before, and sit still in awhile.
After using hot water, the girl came
back to turn on the cold. No hand
ling of water by customer in Wen
nese bath. Girls must do it. No
such place as Vienna known in Aus
tria. Austrian name. Wien. From
the bit of river running through it.
Danube river in rear of city. Tim
Der RATS always passing. Miles
and miles of cultivated pine forests
in Austria. Pass through them by
rail. No underbrush. Trees tall
and straight, by tens of thousands.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07
THE TYPEWRITER GIRL A NE
CESSITY.
Commercial journal.


Shorthand and typewriting are
creating revolutions in methods of
correspondence and filling the coun-
try with actiycand competent young
ladies who are establishing dis
tinct profession and bringing into
our business and law offices and cd
itorial sanctums an element of meth
cd which is working perceptihle
change. The field is rapidly widen
ing, not from crowding young men
out of their places but in creating
absolutely new positions. This rev
olution has come through the dis
covery by business men of a fact of
which they were unaware uutil the
great convenience and excellent
work of the typewriter were thrust
upon their notice The art of die
tation is almost a new art, but it is
spreading rapidly, and business men
are beginning to understand that
much of their time has been wasted
in the mechanical work of letter
writing, and that competent anna
nuensis will enable them to answer
their correspondence with the least
possible exertion and with the ex-
penditrre of very small amount of
time. Five years ago the typewriter
was simply a mechanical curiosity.
To day its monotonous click can be
heard in almost every well regulated
business establishment in the coun
fry
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07

This has been q remarkable year
for railway building, inasmuch as
railway property is not particularly
profitable at present. During the
first eight months of the year $500
miles of track were laid, and it is
believed that before the year closes
these figures will be almost doubled.
When a single State like Kansas
laws nearly twelve hundred miles OF
railway track in eight months, as
was the case this year, it is evident
that the future is being discounted
to a considerable extent.-The Ep-
och.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07

The death rate of New York last
year, according to DR.. Nagle Of the
bureau of vital statistics was 1896
to the 1000 In London the rate
was 1900. Mr.. Nagle says that
this is chiefly because New York Is
more densely populated in many
quarters than London. The figures
show, he says, that there are more
people to the acre in New York than
in London, and also 4 greater aver
age number of people to each dwell
inc.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07

The original stock of the beet oc.
ours wild on the shores Of the Me-
iterranean Sea, in Greece. AMI
grows wild in some Of the islands ~
the Atlantic Ocean. This is Bg.
common mangold, Of which there are
two snb. b.species.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07

A cow in milk should never be
driven faster than a walk. Good
cows have large and we'll filled ud
ders, which cause pain to them IL
they are hurried or driven on a run
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07

Russian wheat planted in the
British provinces
shows thatit natures before the frost,
and will be of great value to tina! re-
0inn
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07

The Baroness Burdett-Coutts and
her young husband are coming TO
America.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07

Miss Alice Fletcher has recently
been appointed Indian Agent of Ne
braska.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07

1t is the duty of the people to sup
port the government; not the gov
ernment the people.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07

An Oil City. Pa, man claims the
prize for sunfowers, having one in
his garden that measures fifty-four
inches in circumference.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07

An immense number of rubber
trees have been discovered beyond
the Carabaya Valley in Bolivia.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07
The Morals of Bachelors.

An English statesman asserts that
not only do married men live longer
than bachelors, but that the latter
are more criminal. He says that
there are 80 criminals among every
1000 bachelors, while among married
men the ratio is only eighteen.-1roy
Times.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07
BLAEK WOLFI

Or Black Lcprosy. is a disease which Is considered
incurabe, bat it has yielded 10 the curative prop
critics Of Swtrrs SrECiTIC-nOw known all over
the world as s $. :. Mrs. Bailey. % West Soncr
VILE. Mass near Boston, was attacked several years
go with this hldeoUs black eruption, and was treat
ed By the best rscGical talent, who could only say
that the disease was q species OF LEPROSY
and consequently iucUrablc. Il is impossible 70 de
scribe her suaegings- Her body from the crown Of
her head 70 the sO.cs Of her feet was mass OF de-
Her fingers fcstercd and several nails dropped OF
liberation and for years she did not leave her bed
Her weight was reduced from rs TO co lbs. Sore
FAINT idea OF her condition can be CLEANED frOl
the fact that three pounds of Cosmoiine or ONT
ment were used per week in dressing her sores
Finally the physicians acknowledged their defeat
by tins Black Wolf. and commended the sufferer
10 her az wise Creator.
Her husband hCGriGg wonderful reports OF fSwift's =
SpcCidc - = = ,, prevailed on her % try il as
last rrsoyt She bg.2U i;s use under protest. bat
sosu f1u.d that ifr system was being relieved of
thcfo.-.a Cs t.e sCTc> assumed q rcd and healthy
Ct'.t. r....frN t'c D. 'Cod was b,COaug pure and
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